1956 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
American college football season
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The 1956 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1956 college football season. In their second year under head coach Tony Cavallo, the Aggies compiled a 1–9 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 276 to 131.[1][2] The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[3]
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record1–9 (0–4 Border)
Headcoach
- Tony Cavallo (2nd season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1956 New Mexico A&M Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 1–9 (0–4 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | at Tulsa* | L 6–27 | 17,013 | [4] | ||||
| September 22 | New Mexico* | L 6–14 | 7,000 | [5] | ||||
| September 29 | at Cal Poly* | L 7–32 | [6] | |||||
| October 6 | Arizona State |
| L 7–28 | 4,000 | [7] | |||
| October 13 | McMurry* |
| L 13–14 | [8] | ||||
| October 20 | at West Texas State |
| L 0–45 | [9] | ||||
| October 27 | Texas Western |
| L 7–51 | [10] | ||||
| November 10 | at Omaha* | L 20–21 | [11] | |||||
| November 17 | Nebraska Wesleyan* |
| W 46–6 | [12] | ||||
| November 24 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Hardin–Simmons |
| L 19–38 | > 2,000 | [13][14] | ||
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